Ko Jin-young, you're expected to be 12th, let alone a medal? The Korean Olympic Broadcasting Corporation, which is harsh to Korean athletes...Why on earth?
Aug 06, 2024
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NBC, the U.S. media outlet for the right to broadcast the 2024 Paris Olympics, ranked 15th in the women's golf power rankings for the Olympics. The evaluation of Korean golfers was particularly harsh.
NBC announced on the 6th (Korea time) the Paris Olympics women's golf 'Power Rankings 1st to 15th place'.
Kim Hyo-joo was 11th and Ko Jin-young was 12th. Yang Hee-young was completely out of the top 15.
Yang Hee-young is ranked third in the world, winning the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, a major tournament. There are only Nelly Koda (USA) and Lilia Boo (USA) above Yang Hee-young.
Ko Jin-young, who has been ranked No. 1 in the world for a long time, is now down, but she is still No. 4 in the world. Kim Hyo-joo is ranked 12th in the world.
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NBC gave a positive assessment of Kim Hyo-joo. Given that he ranked fifth in tee shot accuracy, second in average putts, and fourth in short games on the LPGA Tour, he predicted that many players could enter the race for the championship if they had difficulty targeting the green.
On the other hand, regarding Ko Jin-young, who is ranked fourth in Iron, he mentioned that part but pointed out as a handicap that he only participated in this season's tournament 10 times due to injuries. However, Ko Jin-young finished the half of the competition within 12th place. The media also mentioned this fact.
NBC's No. 1 favorite was world No. 1 Nellico.
It's a natural expectation. Koda is ranked No. 1 in the world. She is the defending champion who also won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago. Both tee shots and iron shots are the best. She is also a player who holds the largest number of birdies (4.22 per round) in the LPGA Tour. The variable is that the flow is not good due to the recent three consecutive cuts.
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Rose Zhang of the United States, Brooke Henderson of Canada, Lin Siu of China and Celine Boutier of France followed.
At Le Golf Nashonal (par 72) near Paris, France, where the men's competition was held, tee shot accuracy and green seating rate are more important than long shots. There is an advantage for Korean players whose sophistication is a weapon. NBC made a rather lopsided prediction without highlighting that point.
In Korean women's golf, Park In-bee won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, but unfortunately failed to reach the podium at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Ko Jin-young and Kim Se-young tied for ninth, Kim Hyo-joo tied for 15th, and Park In-bee tied for 23rd. Ko Jin-young Kim Hyo-joo is trying to win a medal for the second time in a row following the Tokyo Games. Yang Hee-young is participating in the Olympics for the first time in eight years since the Rio Games.
Ko Jin-young was in the same group with Nelly Koda and China's In Luo Ning, ranked fifth in the world, in the first round on the afternoon of the 7th.
Yang Hee-young is in a group with Lilia Bu of the U.S. and Celine Boutier of France, while Kim Hyo-joo will start the first round in a group with Canada's Brooke Henderson and China's Lin Si-yu.
hschung@sportschosun.com
